Namibia: New head for Misa

Kaitira Kandjii, 43, has been appointed the new Regional Director of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) as from 1 April 2006, according to a report in the Namibia Economist. Kandjii takes over from Luckson Chipare, a Zimbabwean, who has worked for MISA for the last 10 years, five of the last ones as Regional Director. Before his appointment, Kandjii, the first Namibian to hold the senior post, was the head of Freedom of Expression at the MISA Regional Secretariat in Windhoek.